The paper-clip project began when the middle schoolers in Whitwell, Tenn. (population 1,600) struggled to understand the concept of 6 million murders. The paper clip collection was a way to understand the sheer numbers, and that led to the kids  not one of whom was Jewish  meeting Holocaust survivors from around the world, an experience that changed them and their community. 

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